Talking Cancer Blues

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I was sitting in the back yard 
   C
sucking on a Good Humor
D
Along comes a Doc, says my wife has 
a tumor
                        G     C   
And it was malignant
  D


[Verse 2]
        G           C
Now the AMA and the medical highers
     D
They don't agree with Liggette & 
Meyers
        G                       
They say smoking is bad for you, 
                 C
it'll give you cancer
 D                           G
          Hell of a cough, too

[Verse 3]
                G                  
Well, there is cancer of the liver;
          C
 there is cancer of the lung
D
Cancer of the lip, the throat, the 
tongue
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       G                           
There's 17 malignant tumors in one 
      C
filter tip king size
        D
   Now light up

[Verse 4]
        G                        
Well, a cigarette was needed that 
     C
was relatively clean
          D
They come out with filters, low tars
 & nicotine
               G                   
(Pretty low on sales, too!)      
        C
All that research gone to waste
       D                           
No harmful ingredient, no cigarette
 G
 taste

[Verse 5]
                            C
Well, the companies panicked, they 
had to find an answer
        D                        
They increased the tobacco strain 
                               G
and everybody's getting cancer
                               C
Look what I got free with these 
cigarette coupons
 D
   A chest X-ray

[Verse 6]
           G                  C
Well, the hashish interest in Mexico
    D
Has found a way to redouble their 
dough
           G
They got a weed!
       C
Has no tar, so they say
      D
Let's all get the habit,            
marijuana's here to stay
G                               C
So if you want a treat and you 
                       D
don't mind the treatment
      G      C
Smoke pot!
        D                   G      
It's the thinking man's cigarette!
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